MyPlate Nutrition: Introduction & Review Activities

MyPlate Nutrition: An Introduction & Review Activities

This Power Point Presentation is an introduction to MyPlate for preschool, kindergarten, & first grade. It explains the purpose of MyPlate, each of the food groups (servings, what foods belong in each group, benefits), and includes interactive review slides for each food group which test students’ understanding by having them choose foods that belong in each food group. When a correct picture is clicked a smiley face correct symbol is shown and the food moves to the appropriate place on MyPlate. When an incorrect food is chosen an unhappy face “try again” symbol is shown giving students immediate feedback.

Contains fun, colorful images to capture student attention and full-color photographs of the food so students can relate the food to their real world experiences.

A description of each slide is below:

1 – Title page
2 – What is MyPlate?
3 – Should my plate look like this for every meal?
4 – Fruits and vegetables take up half the plate
5 – Fruit Group recommended servings, location on MyPlate
6 – What foods are in the Fruit Group?
7 – Why is it important to eat fruit?
8 – Vegetable Group recommended servings, location on MyPlate
9 – What foods are in the Vegetable Group?
10 – Why is it important to eat vegetables?
11 – Grain Group recommended servings, location on MyPlate
12 – What foods are in the Grain Group?
13 – Why is it important to eat grains?
14 – Protein Foods Group recommended servings, location on MyPlate
15 – What foods are in the Protein Foods Group?
16 – Why is it important to eat protein foods?
17 – Dairy Group recommended servings, location on MyPlate
18 – What foods are in the Dairy Group?
19 – Why is it important to eat dairy foods?
20 – What about sweets and fats?
21 – Review Activities title page
22 – Fruit Group review
23 – Vegetable Group review
24 – Grain Group review
25 – Protein Foods Group review
26 – Dairy Group review
27 – Sweets and Fats review
28 – credits page